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Chapter 21 - Nursing Care of the Patient Receiving ECT and the Roles of the ECT Nurse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
Kara Hannigan
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

The role and responsibilities of the nurse caring for the patient having ECT have grown and developed over recent years. This chapter outlines some of the main themes of nursing care in ECT and discusses the expanding role of the nurse in this context.

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The ECT Handbook , pp. 173 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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